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I wouldn't go that far
2020 Democratic Primary Thread: Focus on House & Senate races
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AnonymityX1000
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Losing an election > Getting assassinated.I wouldn't go that far
storyteller
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I think you're missing the point. People aren't looking to primary incumbents regardless of where they fall on the Dem spectrum.
The Kennedy brand died in 2010, but the reality is they amassed most of their power in the 60s and held on to their seats as incumbents.
Their stories aren't much different than Markey in that regard.
If the seat were vacant, Kennedy probably would have won.
The narrative around this race shifting to Markey as proof of the embedded power of incumbents would be a fun bit of irony for sure though
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King Kreole
natural blondie like goku
Markey had the youngest ideas in the raceI did find it humorous that the same people railing against old politicians went with the old politician.
Kennedy deserved to lose because he couldn't wait a term or two to run for an open seat. Markey is pushing 80, Elizabeth Warren is in her 70s and this fake Conan O'Brien look alike couldn't sit on his hands for a few more years 
Whoever is advising him and hyped him up to do this really played him. His dumbass probably would've run for president in 2024 if he became a senator
Whoever is advising him and hyped him up to do this really played him. His dumbass probably would've run for president in 2024 if he became a senator
King Kreole
natural blondie like goku
This is what I was thinking. He wanted to take the Obama route to the White House.Kennedy deserved to lose because he couldn't wait a term or two to run for an open seat. Markey is pushing 80, Elizabeth Warren is in her 70s and this fake Conan O'Brien look alike couldn't sit on his hands for a few more years
Whoever is advising him and hyped him up to do this really played him. His dumbass probably would've run for president in 2024 if he became a senator
I'm not sure why people would expect the incumbent to lose to a challenger who isn't offering much different.The narrative around this race shifting to Markey as proof of the embedded power of incumbents would be a fun bit of irony for sure though
storyteller
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I'm not sure why people would expect the incumbent to lose to a challenger who isn't offering much different.
I could see an argument that the establishment push and media narrative about the Kennedy threat to Markey was a lot like what they tried to do with AOC, Omar and Talib...but that leaves the fact that moderates didn’t acknowledge these candidates’ strength until polling and retrospect set in.
That pelosi endorses Kennedy and that he ever felt he could jack the seat on name recognition and little else to positively differentiate himself is definitely a great question and one that progressives have been curious about. I think the squad challengers seemed like obvious grifts (at least Omar’s and AOC’s) but Kennedy’s misstep felt like he had more to lose on a grift and a lot better reasons not to miscalculate his way into a blowout loss.
ive seen him speak in person. hes pretty underwhelming and its obvious hes coasting off the family name.
i still expect him to win the next open primary in mass (on the way to some kind of presidential run)
watch this
how your entire family politicians and you’re so bad at this?
this is what im talking about.
even on a dumb throwaway question markey sees an obvious opportunity to make himself more relatable to men by talking about bawston sports and how his wife just doesnt understand
kennedy says um like twenty times and brings up his feet which nobody wants to think about
i think this is a problem with political families in general, once you get to like the third gen the kids have grown up in a bubble
off topic but i just found out joe kennedy was jason collins’ roommate in college
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Is it just me or is there a record number of black Republicans running for office this year?
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